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Submission Calls

Tales From The Forest
Deadline: Sunday September 25th
Looking for: Theme ‘We Were Little.’ The issue is about childhood and youth, and the way we perceive the world through those eyes. Submissions of poetry, fiction, artwork or any mixing of mediums to tell a story. No limitations on poetry or visual art, but stories should be limited to 1,000 words.

Mslexia Themed Writing
Deadline:5 December 2016
Looking for: Stories up to 2,200 words and poems up to 40 lines about the commission, planning and/or consequences of a heinous or illegal act. Appal yourself, or simply have fun, exploring the darker impulses of the human psyche.

Reach out
Deadline: Ongoing
Looking for: Stories that contain a positive message focusing on how you or a friend got through a tough time. Is about people aged 12-25 years-old. The person submitting the story should be 12-25 years-old. Is no more than 800 words.

Blue Marble Review
Deadline: Ongoing
Looking for: Blue Marble Review is published four times a year and accepts submissions of poetry, fiction, non-fiction and art on a rolling basis. Accept submissions from writers ages 13-20.

The Galway Review
Deadline: Ongoing
Looking for: Submissions from all countries, as long as they are written in English or Irish. Send your piece of writing, a bio in third person with 60-70 words and your photo, along with your phone number and address.

Prole
Deadline: Ongoing
Notes: Poetry and Prose, short stories upper word limit of 7500 words, small collection of up to five pieces,

The New York Times
Deadline: Ongoing
Notes: Modern Love are interested in receiving deeply personal essays about contemporary relationships, marriage, dating, parenthood…any subject that might reasonably fit under the heading “Modern Love.” 1500-1700 words

Anomaly
Deadline: Ongoing
Looking for: For poetry submissions, we ask that you send a cover letter with a brief bio, with no more than five poems, For fiction, commentary & narrative non-fiction no more than five pieces per submission (as an attachment) and include a cover letter, and a short bio, 2,000-3,000 words per piece.

A3 Review’s Monthly Contest
Deadline: Each contest closes on the 4th Saturday of the month.
Prizes: 1st = £150, 2nd = £75, 3rd = £50
Notes: No more than 150 words. The two winning entries each month are published in The A3 Review, a fold-out literary and art magazine that comes out every six months. Entry Fee is £3 per entry.

The Past Loves Day Story Contest
Deadline: September 17th 2016
Prizes: First Prize: $100 Second Prize: $75 Third Prize: $50 Honorable Mention(s)
Winning stories will be posted (anonymously, if requested by author) on this website.
Notes: Free to enter. Write your true story of an earlier love, in no more than 700 words.

Hennessy New Irish Writing
Deadline: Ongoing
Prizes: Hennessy trophy and €1,500. Writers whose work is selected for publication will receive €130 for fiction and €65 for poetry.
Notes:Looking for First Fiction, for writers publishing their first story, Emerging Fiction, for writers still to publish their first book; and Emerging Poetry, for first-time poets or poets still to publish their first collection. 2,200 words. Up to six poems may be submitted. There is no entry fee.

The 2016 Short Story Contest
Deadline: September 16, 2016.
Prizes: The winner will receive a $1,000 cash prize.
Notes: $15 reading fee per story. fiction only
5000 word count maximum

Manchester Writing Competition
Deadline: Friday 23rd September 2016
Prizes: Fiction Prize: £10,000
Notes: Entry fee: £17.50, £10,000 prize for the best short story of up to 2,500 words. Open internationally to new and established writers aged 16 or over (no upper age limit).

The 2017 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award
Deadline: 29 September 29 2016
Prizes: First prize is worth £30,000. There will be five runners-up prizes of £1,000 each.
Notes: Open to any story of up to 6,000 words written in English. The Award is open to authors writing in the English language, aged 18 years or over at the time of submission, who must have been previously published in the English language in the UK or Ireland.

Bedford International Writing Competition
Deadline: 30th September 2016
Prizes: The winner of first prize will receive £200, second prize £100 and third prize £50.
Notes: Entry fee is £5 per story. Stories must be no more than 3000 words

The Ouen Press Short Story Competition
Deadline: 31st October 2016
Prizes: First prize £300, 2 x Runners up £100 each, Highly Commended entries recognised
Notes: The short story must be true. It should be based around a journey – at any time, of any distance, in any setting. The length of the submission should be no less than 3000 words and no more than 10000 words excluding the title and word count. No entry fee but only one entry is permitted per author.

2017 Open Season Awards
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Prizes: Open Season bestows a prize of$1500 in each of three marquee categories: poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Notes:Short fiction and creative nonfiction: one story or article per entry; with a maximum length of 2500 words. Please indicate word count on the first page. Entry fee is $45. And $15 for each additional entry

Fish Publishing Short Story Competition
Deadline: 30 November ’16
Prizes: Top ten stories will be published in the 2017 FISH ANTHOLOGY. 1st: €3,000 plus 5 day Short Story Workshop at the West Cork Literary Festival. 2nd: A week at Anam Cara Writers’ Retreat and €300. 3rd: €300
Notes: Word Limit is 5,000 words. Entry Fees is €20 and €10 subsequent entries.

The Celtic Mythology Short Story Competition
Deadline: 10 December 2016
Prizes: $500, $250, $100. All winners will be published in the Irish Imbas Celtic Mythology Collection.
Notes: Celtic mythology or folklore must form a fundamental element of the story. Entry Fee is $7.

Hennessy New Irish Writing
Deadline: Ongoing
Prizes: Hennessy trophy and €1,500. 2,200 words. Writers whose work is selected for publication will receive €130 for fiction and €65 for poetry.
Notes:Emerging Poetry, for first-time poets or poets still to publish their first collection. Up to six poems may be submitted. There is no entry fee.

The Cultured Vultures competition
Deadline: Midnight every Saturday.
Prize: The winning poem will be published every Monday on their website, along with the second and third place winners.
Notes: Free to enter poetry competition, submit three poems of your choice (should be previously unpublished, apart from social media or your personal blog) and a small bio.

A3 Review’s Monthly Contest
Deadline: Each contest closes on the 4th Saturday of the month.
Prizes: 1st = £150, 2nd = £75, 3rd = £50
Notes: No more than 150 words. The two winning entries each month are published in The A3 Review, a fold-out literary and art magazine that comes out every six months. Entry Fee is £3 per entry.

The Manchester Poetry Prize
Deadline: 23rd September 2016
Prizes: £10,000
Notes: Entry fee is £17.50, £10,000 prize for the best portfolio of three to five poems (maximum combined length: 120 lines). Open internationally to new and established writers aged 16 or over (no upper age limit).

Bedford International Writing Competition
Deadline: 30th September 2016
Prizes: The winner of first prize will receive £200, second prize £100 and third prize £50
Notes: Entry fee is £5 per poem. Poems must be no more than 40 lines

The Salopian Open Poetry Competition
Deadline: September 30th
Prizes: £150, £100, £50. Ten runner-up prizes of £20 each. All the winners will be published in the Winter 2016 issue of Salopeot.
Notes: Maximum 42 lines. Entry Fee is £3 each, £10 for four

The Fire River Poets Open Poetry Competition
Deadline: 1st October 2016
Prizes:1st Prize £200, 2nd Prize £100, 3rd Prize £75
Notes: Entry Fee is £4 for one, £7 for two, £10 for three, £3 for each additional poem. Poems may be in any style and on any subject. Maximum of 40 lines per poem excluding the title

The Resurgence Poetry Prize 2016
Deadline: OCtober 1st
Prizes: First prize of £5,000 for the best single poem embracing ecological themes. Second prize is £2,000 and third prize £1,000
Notes: oems do not need to address a specific theme, but to be eligible a poems will in some way – thematically, structurally, linguistically or formally – investigate the interrelationship between human culture and the natural world.Entry Fee is £8 for the first and £3 for subsequent entries.

The Rhino 2017 Founder’s Contest
Deadline: October 31
Prizes: The winner will receive $500, publication in the next issue, will be featured on their website, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Two runners up will receive $50.00, publication in the next issue, and will be featured on our website. We occasionally nominate a runner-up for a Pushcart Prize.
Notes: Entry Fee is $10

World Book of Poetry
Deadline: 31 Oct 2016
Prizes: world-wide audience for their work
Notes: maximum of five complete poems. Poems may involve any subject, theme, or style, no entry fee

Fire River Poets Open Poetry Competition 2016
Deadline: 31st October 2016
Prizes: 1st Prize £200, 2nd Prize £100, 3rd Prize £75
Notes: Entry fee are £4 for one poem, £7 for two, £10 for three, £3 for each additional poem. Poems may be in any style and on any subject.

2017 Open Season Awards
Deadline: November 1, 2016
Prizes: Open Season bestows a prize of$1500 in each of three marquee categories: poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction.
Notes: Poetry: up to three poems per entry; maximum length for each poem is 100 lines.Entry fee is $45. And $15 for each additional entry

The Writeabridge Poetry Competition
Deadline: 12th of November 2016
Prizes: £300, £50. The winning poems will be published on their website.
Notes: write a poem based on any theme or topic. Entry Fee is £5 or £10 for three.

Children’s Novel Competition 2016
Deadline: 19 September 2016
Prizes: 1st prize: £5,000
Five finalists will receive an invitation to a special networking event with literary agents.
Notes: Entry fee is £25.Submit up to 3,000 words, which must be the first 3,000 words of the novel. Your novel can be in any genre, but must be for children who are able to read for themselves or for young adults.

The Exeter Novel Competition
Deadline: January 1st 2017
Prizes: First prize is £500 and a trophy. There are five runner-up prizes of £75 each and a trophy.
Notes: Entry Fee is £18. All genres excluding children’s, but including Young Adult and New Adult, are acceptable.

Bath Flash Fiction Novella-in-Flash Award
Deadline: 31st January 2017
Prizes: The first prize for the novella-in-flash award is £300, Two runners up will receive £100 each.The first prize winner and the two runners up will be published together in a print and digital anthology.
Each of the three winners will receive five copies of the anthology.
Notes: The novella-in-flash must be in between 7,000 and 18,000 words long. Entry fee is £16.00. Entries can be on any theme or subject but must be original and written in English. They must also be for adult or young adult readers.

Novella-T
Deadline: ongoing
Notes: Pay contributors half of what we make in subscriptions, publishes novellas through a serialized format. Each week we send out a 2,000-5,000 word section of the story to subscribers, 13,000 and 40,000 words

Grants and Residencies

2017 Kathy Fish Fellowship
Deadline: September 15, 2016
Prizes: The winner of the 2017 Kathy Fish Fellowship will be considered a “writer-in-residence” at SmokeLong (note: position is virtual) for four quarterly issues (March, June, September, and December 2017). Each issue will include one flash by the Fellowship winner.
The winner of the Fellowship will also receive $500.00, to be paid as follows: $100.00 on announcement of the winner, and $100.00 upon publication of each of the four issues in 2017.
Notes: There is no application fee, but a $5 donation is suggested. Writers are eligible who: have not been previously published by SmokeLong, do not have a chapbook or a book-length work published or under contract (in any genre, self-published works included), are 18 years or older

Book Riot
Deadline: Ongoing
Prizes: Book Riot and Panels run an ad network called the Riot Ad Network, and we’re seeking awesome website publishers and bloggers to join us.
Notes: First, you’ll answer a few basic questions about your site. Then we’ll take a quick look at its content, appearance, and traffic, and reply within a few days to let you know if we’re a good match.

Children and Teenager Competitions

The 2016 Youth Poetry Contest
Deadline: September 26, 2016.
Prizes: The winner will receive a $400 cash prize.
Notes: Only one poem per writer allowed $8 reading fee per poem. Applicants must be under 18 years of age by 12/31/2016